Warwick Custom Shop Dream Of The Day!

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Nope, the beak headstock with broadneck would bu fugly.

I don´t think so. The head of a broadneck should be just an idea bigger, keeping the original shape. This way you also get enough place for the fifth tuner. The beak head is never a beauty! But for me it´s a must have for Buzzards, Strykers and Reversos.
 

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made a quick calculation, I'm already at a 10k frontier...
Madness. AND it's a simpler layout than the Rex Sig.
I spent a bit of time, but I think I found the perfect electronics and p'ups.
P'ups are barts QuadCoils xxP25, especially made for broadnecks. And you can wire p-style, reverse p and full suad coils.
Combined with a twin preamp for each p'up.
Now I just need to find a bass to match this.:)
 

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made a quick calculation, I'm already at a 10k frontier...
Madness. AND it's a simpler layout than the Rex Sig.
I spent a bit of time, but I think I found the perfect electronics and p'ups.
P'ups are barts QuadCoils xxP25, especially made for broadnecks. And you can wire p-style, reverse p and full suad coils.
Combined with a twin preamp for each p'up.
Now I just need to find a bass to match this.:)

If you don´t need the inlays, find a good luthier. 3,5 k€ should be sufficient for any work.
 

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It took one year to make a neck.
Not sure he'll be able to copy the body of a Dolphin.
And I have no reverso left to copy either.
And I want a CS wick. I just need a 50% discount.
Not sure that HPW will agree, even if I ask nicely :)
 

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It took one year to make a neck.
Not sure he'll be able to copy the body of a Dolphin.
And I have no reverso left to copy either.
And I want a CS wick. I just need a 50% discount.
Not sure that HPW will agree, even if I ask nicely :)

If you find a crazy dealer and with HPWs help you can dream of 30% discount. They sell the basses at Basscamp for 20% off, right?
 

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OK, so.
Reverso BN5 "Henry" V1.0
Base is a Rex Brown model
Wengé/Purpleheart neck, 5 strings, Broadneck Special Contour. Ebony fretboard, small frets.
Reversed Warwick Headstock.
Swamp Ash sandblasted body, black.
Bartolini xxp25 pickups
Twinpreamp electronics Vol/Bal ; Bass/Treble Neck ; Bass/Treble Bridge.
 

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Updating the Moby Dick :

Dolphin 5BN NT
Mahogany body, wengé/purpleheart neck, ebony two-tone fingerboard, small frets
Bartolini xxP25
Twin TonePump preamp.
Switch to have : P/ReverseP/Quad Coil
Pearly white finish, matching headstock, gold hardware but black knobs.
Blue W LED, Blue LED Nameplate with Moby Dick engraved.
 

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Updating the Moby Dick :

Dolphin 5BN NT
Mahogany body, wengé/purpleheart neck, ebony two-tone fingerboard, small frets
Bartolini xxP25
Twin TonePump preamp.
Switch to have : P/ReverseP/Quad Coil
Pearly white finish, matching headstock, gold hardware but black knobs.
Blue W LED, Blue LED Nameplate with Moby Dick engraved.

Hehe, this is what they call Custom Shop! Fretboard black/white ebony you mean? Neck shaping?
 

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Yes. Like Steve Bailey's.
And yes, neck and body shaped like Evie my 91 BN.
 

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I think this is now a 15.000,- EUR retail price dream.
 

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Depends. Last calculation was around 9k, without LED's. But I have to check some things, wrote a mail to Florin, but it was long. And painful to read, I guess. :)And full of crazy assumptions that maybe made him die laughing. :)
 

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Just for fun - The Warwick BoozeTard:

Buzzard 4 string
original body shape - with the big, ugly headstock!
drop D tuner, Hipshot Ultralite machine heads
gold hw hardcore aged/rusty
38,5 mm nut
red side LEDs
P-pickup - passive!
all passive electronics, just volume, tone
Oak body - dark flamed/burned!
old crate finish (means joints and so on, maybe nails too)
matching headstock
now: a capsule going through the body in the fin, filled with some Whiskey from 1976 (my year of birth)
the capsule ofc LED illuminated (white LED)
individual writings - only imprinted, no different color to the body (have to think of something matching here, hehe!)
 

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Looks clever. Especially if you can remove the Whisky vial :)
 

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I guess we are too alike and dangerous to each other :)?
 

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Updating the Moby Dick :

Dolphin 5BN NT
Mahogany body, wengé/purpleheart neck, ebony two-tone fingerboard, small frets
Bartolini xxP25
Twin TonePump preamp.
Switch to have : P/ReverseP/Quad Coil
Pearly white finish, matching headstock, gold hardware but black knobs.
Blue W LED, Blue LED Nameplate with Moby Dick engraved.
And maybe instead of the dolphin inlays...

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Oh, shit Major GAS crisis.
 
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Simple Warwick CS dream of the day: SSII 32" medium scale (must be a SSII fatter and with a bit more thump)
 
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Thumb bass 5str with a carbon neck and matching bubinga headstock. Built in Darkglass vintage deluxe as preamp.
 
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